The
beginning of The Butler had me hook, line and sinker. We get to meet Mr. Eugene
Allen, the butler of eight presidents, and his lovely wife, Helene. Will
Haygood reflects on how he was invited into their home as they anxiously await
the results of the pending election where the first African American could
become president.

And that is about where the
story ended. What was left was a lot of memories spaced between talk about how
African Americans are portrayed in movies. What most people hope for is the
gossip of what happened during Eugene’s time in the White House. But Eugene
holds to his loyalty to those presidents and doesn’t let those interesting tidbits
out.

To sum up my feelings of this
audio book is I felt it was a lot of promotion for the movie. There was only a
sliver of a story but what was there was good, I just wanted more of that and
less of the promotional aspect of it.